Seventh Grade

Grammar ( First Term )

Unit (1)
The present Continuous Tense

1-I am reading a book now.

2- Look! They are running.
3- Listen! She is reading the Quran.
4- My father is building a new house at the moment.
5- Ali is growing taller.
6- Prices are increasing.
*We use the present continues to talk about actions happening now or around now

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*We use the present continues to talk about changes happening around now.
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1- I am not reading
2- She isn't writing.
3- They aren't speaking.

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1- Is he playing?

He is playing .

2- Are they studying?

They are studying.

3- What are they eating?

They are eating chickens.

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1- speak
2- make
3- lie

speaking / read
making / live
lying

/ die

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Grammar Rules

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Exercises
**Do as shown in brackets:1- Sami is ( write - writing writes ) English at the moment.
2- Listen! Ali shout. ---------------------- . ( Correct )
3- Life is ------------------- harder. ( get got getting )
4- They are playing football. ( Make a question)
What --------------------------------------------------------------?
5- I am helping my friend.

( Make negative)

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Unit ( 3 )
*Some verbs are not used in the present continues form. We use the Present Simple
Tense- even when the action is happening now.

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1- Koko is liking bananas. ( X )
2- I'm very hungry, I am needing a drink. ( X )
3- This meat is smelling bad. ( X )
4- Are you knowing her? ( X )

Koko likes bananas. ( / )

I'm very hungry, I need a drink ( / )
This meat smells bad. ( / )
Do you know her? ( / )

*In sentences 1 2 3 these verbs are incorrect because they don't take ( ing) form.

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1- Lina likes flowers

Exercises
1- The food --------------------- good. ( taste tasting - tastes)
2- Ali ---------------------- a dictionary. ( need needs)
3- I am liking that food. ------------------------- . ( Correct)

4- They read English now. -------------------------. ( Correct)

5- Hani and Ali are wanting something to eat. --------------------. ( Correct)
6- Is she needing some help? -----------------------------------------------------. ( Correct)

Unit ( 4 )

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Reflexive Pronouns

1-Sameer cut Ali.

{Sameer} is a subject .( 8 7 )

{Cut} is a verb .( 8"7 )

{Ali} is an object. ( UB " 9 )

2-Sameer cut Sameer.

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1-He( Ali , Ahmad, etc)
himself
6-They
themselves
2-She ( Huda, Rania)
herself
7-We
ourselves
3-It
itself

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5-You ( ) yourself &

-:(M"! +R "B ) each other ( +R 9.) themselves

1- They cut themselves
2- They cut each other

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( Ahmad cut Ahmad . Ali cut Ali )

( Ahmad cut Ali
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Exercises
1- Rania cleaned the house -----------------------. ( himself herself itself )
2-They are looking at each --------------. ( one other themselves )
3- He is doing homework --------------------- . ( herself itself himself )
4- I made the kite himself. -------------------- ( Correct)
5- Leila and Soha live near themselves. ----------------------- . ( Correct)
6- myself - ourselves - himself - herself
( Odd one out )
7- he
- she
- they
- myself
( Odd one out )

Unit ( 5 )

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The Present Perfect Tense

1- She has just cooked the food.

2- She hasn't cooked the food yet.
*We use the present perfect to talk about something that started in the past which hasn't
finished or is still true in the present.

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3- They have already done their homework.
4- I have lived in Rafah for 10 years.

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for six months.

For seven years.

for three hours.

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for a long time

5- We have lived in Rafah since 2000.

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since Saturday. since September. since spring. since three o'clock. since last week

6- Have you ever written a letter ?

Yes, I have written a letter

No, I have never written a letter.

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Exercises
1- Huda ----------------- her dress yet.

( has washed hasn't washed is washing)

2- They have living in Gaza since 2000. ----------------------. ( Correct)

3- ---------------------- he seen the songbird yet?

( Has Have Do )

4- Ahmad has waited at the bus stop ------------ the morning.

5- He has ---------------------- the house.

( for since yet)

( paint painted painting )

6- We have started school -------------------- two months.

( for since yet )

Unit ( 6 - 7 )

The Present Perfect Continuous Tense

1- She has been cooking the food for an hour.

2- They have been running, so they are hot and tired.
3- We have been studying English since 2003.
4- Have you been working for a long time?
* We use the present perfect continuous to talk about actions began in the past and have
continued up to now.

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Exercises
1-Ali has been run for an hour. --------------------------. ( Correct)
2- They ------------------- been studying for two hours. ( have has is )
3- She has is planting flowers since the morning. --------------------------. ( Correct)
4- Mother has ( is ) cooking the food since the morning . --------------------- ( Correct )
5-How long --------------------------------------------------------? ( Make a question)
Yes, we have been waiting for Ahmad for three hours.
6- Ali has been studying since the morning. ( Make negative )
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Unit ( 8 )

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The Present Simple Tense

1- The man often listens to the radio.

2- They always watch TV at night.
*We use the present simple to talk about habits or repeated actions.

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3- The earth goes round the sun.

* We use the present simple to talk about facts.

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1- Ali doesn't write his lesson.

2- They dont speak English.

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Does + he / she / it / 9 +;< + (6#T3 8"9 )

1- Does he speak English?

Do + they / you / we / I / = > +;< + (6#T3 8"9 )

2- Do they speak English?

Exercises
** Do as shown in brackets:
1- The sun rise in the East. -------------------------. ( Correct )
2- They usually -------------- to their work early. ( go goes going )
3- Sami writes English every week.

( Make negative)

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4- They send emails at nights.

( make a questions)

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Unit ( 9 )

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The Past Simple Tense

1- Ali ate the apple an hour ago.

2- Hani planted a seed yesterday.
3- My uncle arrived to Palestine last week.
4- They bought a camera in 2000.
* We use the past simple to talk about things in the past that are finished.

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hurry hurried - marry married - carry carried - study studied

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1- Ali ate the apple.

Ali didn't eat the apple .

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2-They bought a camera in 2000. They didn't bought a camera in 2000 ( )

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1- Did she find the keys?

Yes, she did. She found the keys.

2- Where did you go?

I went to Egypt.

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Exercises
1-Hani goes to Egypt last month. ------------------------. ( Correct)
2- The play football two hours ago. ------------------------ . ( Correct)
3- She didn't listened to the radio yesterday.---------------------. ( Corect)
4- Do he come to the party last week? -----------------------. ( Correct)
5- visited went caught bought

( Odd one out)

6- Huda wrote a book in 2000.

a- -------------------------------------------------------------------------. ( Make negative)
b- ----------------------------------------------------------------------?.( Make a question)

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The Past Continuous Tense

1- Majed arrived when Omar was watching TV.

Majed arrived
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Now

Omar was watching TV

2- The phone rang when they were sleeping.
3- The boy fell while he was running.

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*We use the past continuous to talk about can action continued in a time in the past
which interrupted by another.

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4- I was playing football at 4.00 yesterday.

5- They were sending emails at this time last week.

*We use the past continuous to describe an action at a time in the past.

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6- What were you doing on Friday morning?

I was writing my homework.

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last week / yesterday / in the morning.. etc)

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7- I wasnt playing football.

They weren't singing .

Exercises
Do as shown in brackets:
1- While we sleep, the phone rang. ------------------------------------------.

( Correct)

2- She study English at 10:00 yesterday. ------------------------------------. ( Correct)

3- They were eating when the accident happen. ----------------------------. ( Correct)
4-What ----------------------------------------------------------------?

( Make a question)

I was studying yesterday at night.

5- What were you doing at 12.00 last night?

( answer)

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6- He was playing tennis.

( Make negative)

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7- They ----------------- at 4:15 on Sunday morning. ( was working were working worked)

Unit ( 10 - 11 )

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The Past Perfect Tense

1- After Ali had eaten his breakfast, he went to school.

Ali( had eaten breakfast)

Ali ( went to school)

7.30am

8.00am

2- When Omar arrived at the bus stop, the bus had left.
Bus (had left)

Omar ( arrived)

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Past

2.00pm

2.15pm

Now

3- Before Ali arrived, the lesson had begun.

4- By the time the police came, the thief had escaped.
5- Had Sami gone out? Yes, he had. / No, he hadn't.
6- We hadn't finished the lesson when the bell rang.
*We use the past perfect to talk about two actions one of them happened before the other.

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*We put the first action in the past perfect and the second in the past simple.
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Had Sami gone out?

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Exercises
Do as shown in brackets:1- We ------------------ ( visit visits had visited) our uncle before we watched TV at night.
2- By the time they went to bed, they had watch TV.------------------------. ( Correct)
2- Ahmad did his homework. Then he went out. ( Join with " after" )
After -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
3- What had you done before you came to school? ( answer)
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4- ----------------------------------------------------------------------? ( Make a question)
Yes, she had finished her homework.

5-They had finished their lesson.

( Make negative)

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Writing
Punctuation Marks

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1- The four seasons are summer, autumn, spring and winter.
2- Huda, Majed's sister, is staying with uncle Hassan.
3- When we finished our homework, we played football.
*We use commas in lists.

*We also use commas when we pause and in long sentences.

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Speech Marks ( Quotation Marks)

1- majed said weve got some good news

( Write Correctly)

Majed said, " We've got some good news."

"We've got some good news," said Majed.

Exercises
Punctuate:-

1- palestine is between Europe asia and Africa

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2-the blue car is going to stop near the bank bank of palestine
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8T H K Relative pronouns
1-We met a boy. He plays football well.
2- My uncle is a taxi driver. He drives very carefully.
*We can join sentences about people using ( who ):
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1- We met a boy who plays football well.
2- My uncle is a taxi driver who drives very carefully.

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1- My father bought a computer. It was expensive. e!5 7

1- My father bought a computer which was expensive

Exercises
1-Ahmad is a pilot. He travels a lot to Cairo.
( Join using a relative pronoun)
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2- This is the watch. It was broken last week. (Join using a relative pronoun)
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3- A baker is a person which makes bread. ----------------------------. ( Correct)

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Singular and Plural

*The usual way to change nouns from singular to plural is to add (S) :-

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girl

girls

book

books -

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cats

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Ostrich ostriches - dish dishes - bus buses - glass glasses - box boxes
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mouse mice - foot feet - tooth teeth - child

children - species

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*We make plurals to some words ending in(y) by taking off the letter (y) and adding (ies)

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Lady ladies - baby babies - country countries - city cities - diary diaries
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monkeys - boy boys - holiday holidays